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Newscan: FCC issues staff report on T-Mobile outage resulting in at least 23,621 failed calls to 911

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC issues staff report on T-Mobile outage resulting in at least 23,621 failed calls to 911 Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system Why the Zonar and BusPatrol partnership is pivotal for student safety North Wales Fire and Rescue signs $1 million deal with Capita for communications […]

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Florida statewide LMR ‘absolutely’ will be available to public safety current L3Harris contract expires

Florida state and local agencies subscribing to the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) will be able to continue using the LMR network after the existing contract with L3Harris expires in a little more than eight months, the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) clarified today in a statement. “Users will absolutely have a SLERS […]

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U.S. Justice Dept.: Google paid handset makers for search dominance

The US Justice Department has filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google‘s parent Alphabet, accusing it of a secretive deal with Apple and other mobile phone makers. The lawsuit says Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook met Google’s head, Sundar Pichai, in 2018 to come up with a deal under which, as a senior Apple employee later described, the two companies would “work […]

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Judge sides with Motorola Solutions, denies Hytera request for retrial, reduced damages

A federal-court judge this week released an order denying Hytera’s requests for a retrial or a reduction in the $764.6 million in damages for utilizing Motorola Solutions trade secrets and copyrighted software code to develop much of its DMR product portfolio. “Hytera has not met the high standard for judgment as a matter of law, […]

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Verizon and Nokia snuggle up in private 5G

Weeks after it had apparently spurned Nokia, handing a $6.6 billion 5G contract to South Korea’s Samsung, US telco giant Verizon is back in the arms of its Finnish supplier. The two firms have buddied up once again to provide 5G network services to companies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, where Verizon lacks its own […]

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ESChat: Josh Lober outlines benefits of PTT integration on Samsung device

ESChat CEO Josh Lober explains how the company has fully integrated its push-to-talk (PTT) application to work on the Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro rugged smartphone, allowing users to leverage the device’s dedicated PTT and Emergency Call buttons to communicate without having to open the app on screen. This functionality also is available on the […]

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Reasons why connected autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be software-defined

Microchip maker Nvidia and car manufacturer Mercedes are planning to roll out software-defined autonomous vehicles by 2024. They claim that the vehicles will be able to receive over-the-air (OTA) software updates to ensure that they are able to benefit from the latest autonomous features. However, there has been talk about OTA updates for quite a […]

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IPAWS: FEMA, DHS officials outline alerting system, development of new toolkit

Antwane Johnson, FEMA’s director of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), and Norman Speicher, program manager at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology directorate, discuss the alerting system and how their agencies worked together to develop the IPAWS Program Planning Toolkit. Released in August, the toolkit is designed to […]

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Hytera, Motorola Solutions await DMR injunction ruling after submitting final briefs

Attorneys for Hytera and Motorola Solutions this week submitted final written arguments regarding injunctive relief that could block Hytera from selling many of its DMR products worldwide, apparently clearing a path for a federal judge to rule on the matter after several months of consideration. Motorola Solutions has asked U.S. District Court Judge Charles Norgle […]

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How technology is unlocking the future of firefighting and public safety

While most emergency responders cannot work fully remote due to the nature of their job, they can access the same benefits of unified collaboration tools to quickly connect with stations and seamlessly communicate with other first responders. Implementing this technology not only slows the spread of COVID-19 and decreases the amount of time required to […]

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Newscan: FCC issues staff report on T-Mobile outage resulting in at least 23,621 failed calls to 911

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Florida statewide LMR ‘absolutely’ will be available to public safety current L3Harris contract expires

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U.S. Justice Dept.: Google paid handset makers for search dominance

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Judge sides with Motorola Solutions, denies Hytera request for retrial, reduced damages

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Verizon and Nokia snuggle up in private 5G

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ESChat: Josh Lober outlines benefits of PTT integration on Samsung device

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Reasons why connected autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be software-defined

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IPAWS: FEMA, DHS officials outline alerting system, development of new toolkit

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Hytera, Motorola Solutions await DMR injunction ruling after submitting final briefs

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How technology is unlocking the future of firefighting and public safety

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